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' COMBINED MATCH LIGHTER AND CIGAR CUTTER. No. 281,298. Patented July li, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT TREMONT W. RIGKEL, OE CASEY, IOWVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE ISENHART, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED MATCH-LIGHTER AND ClGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 281,298, dated July 1'7, 1883.

Application filed March 10, 1883.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, TREMONT W. RronnL, of Casey, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, have invented a Match-Lighter and Cigar-Gutter, of which the following is aspeciiica-tion.

The object of my invention is to provide a safe receptacle for matches, from which they can be successively lifted and lighted by simply compressing a spring by means of a projecting handle, and by combining a cutter with my match-lighting mechanism in such a mannor that the end of a cigar may be cut off simultaneously with the lighting of a match and by the same motion, and the part out off retained and concealed in a drawer for further use, and the match-lighting mechanism locked by means of the cutter and a spring-latch.

It consists in forming, arranging, and combining with a portable case a reciprocating match-carrier, an actuatingspring, an elastic frictionplate, a pivoted knife, a cam for operating the knife, and a locking device, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 of my accompanying drawings is a perspective view of my device, in which the cover of the match-box is partly removed and a portion of the cover of the cigar-cutter broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the case and match and knife-operating mechanism combined therewith. Fig. 3 is a section showing a side view of the match-carrying and rubbing or lighting device. Fig. i is a section showing the knife-operating mechanism. Jointly considered, these figures clearly illustrate the construction and operation of my complete invention.

A represents a case, that is preferably made of metal, and may vary in size and shape as desired.

12 b are parallel partitions fixed vertically in such a manner that it will, in its normal condition, retain the handle elevated.

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9 is the inclined bottom of a match-receptacle, formed in the upper portion of the case in such a manner that matches placed horizontally upon the inclined bottom. will slide toward the match-carrier.

71. represents a groove in the top edge of the carrier 0, adapted to receive and retain a match.

2' is a match-holder in the form of a serpentine spring-plate, that is fixed to the carrier, nd will, in its normal condition, proj cct up ward and 4 way from the groove 71 and into a recess, 1:, formed in the face of the partition I) when the carrier 0 is depressed, as required to allow a match to drop into the groove h at its top; and as the carrier rises and the springholderc' is forced out of the cavity'lc it will be bent over the match in the groove, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, to retain the match in the top of the carrier and separate it from the collection of matches on the inclined bottom 5 m (clearly shown in Fig. 3) is africtionplate suspended by means of a spring, m, that is fixed to the case in such a manner and po sition relative to the match-carrier c that the fuse on the end of a match will be rubbed against the plate on as the match ascends toward the top of the case.

n is the detachable cover of the compart ment of the case A, in which cigars are to be cut off at their ends preliminary to smoking them. 7

n is a detachable drawer, into which the ends of the cigars drop when out off.

1* is a knife, pivoted to the under side of the cover n in such a manner that its free end will extend inward and into an inclined camgroove, 1", formed in a plate, 0*", that is fixed to the handle at in such a manner that the reciprocating motion of the handle will move the knife horizontally.

s is a springlatch and knife-locking device, pivoted under the cover a, in a right-angled position relative to the knife, in such a mannor that it will engage a notch in the knife, as required to hold the knife stationary and the machine locked, whenever desired. It also has lateral projections s on its inner end, that project under openings Kos. 1 and 2,

formed in the cover a, to admit the ends of cigars to be placed within the reach of the pivoted knife. By passing the end of a cigar into one of those openings in the cover a, the latch s is disengaged from the notch in the knife, and a downward pressure of the handle 01 will, by means of the cam-groove a" in the plate 1", operate the knife and cause it to cut off the end of the cigar projected downward upon the spring-latch s, and within the reach of the knife as it is moved horizontally across the lower side of the cover a.

From the foregoing detailed description of the construction and function of each element and subcombination, the unitary actions of all the operative parts and the practical operation of my complete invention are obvious.

The reciprocating match carrier and lighter may be disconnected from the cigar-cutting mechanism and advantageously used as a matchsafe, from which single matches can be readily lifted and lighted by simply pressing upon the handle, and then taken in the fingers from the projecting top of the match carrier and holder and used for any of the common purposes for which friction-matches are used, without marking and marring the walls of buildings, and without wasting matches and endangering buildings by dropping them about, as frequently occurs in taking matches from safes to rub them against a wall or other object to light them.

I claim as my invention 1. The cover n, having perforations Nos. 1 and 2, the pivoted knife 1, and the grooved cam-plate r 1", in combination with the recip- 3 5 rocating match-carrying mechanism 0 d f, substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.

2. The spring-latch and locking device 8 s, in combination with the cover n, having perforations Nos. 1 and 2, and the pivoted knife 1, having a notch to engage the latch, sub stantially as shown and described, for the purposes specified.

3. The improved implement consisting of 4 5 a case, A, having fixed bearings 71, an inclined match-safe bottom, 9, a reciprocating match carrier and holder, 0 h z, the handle d, the spring f, the friction-plate m a, the cigar-cutting mechanism 9" r r, and the locking device s s, substantially as shown and described.

TREMONT V. "RICKEL.

Witnesses:

A. BRowNsoN, GEO. ISENHART. 

